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Daytona Beach police officers have arrested Dangelo on multiple occasions since 2008 on charges of domestic battery, felony battery, disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana and have given him a notice to appear in court for trespassing, court records show.

Dangelo spent 79 days in jail after pleading no contest to domestic battery in September 2012. He also spent 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in September of 2011. All his offenses occurred along Atlantic, Oleander, Halifax avenues and Main Street.

Reports on the domestic battery, felony battery and disorderly conduct were not made available Monday.

On Saturday, the Bike Week event's second weekend, Chitwood was walking on Main Street near South Hollywood Avenue when Dangelo asked the chief if he could talk to him. Chitwood, on duty and wearing a shirt identifying him as an officer, stopped. But when Dangelo said that he had the constitutional right to kill cops he thought were bad, the chief walked away, a Daytona Beach police charging affidavit states.

Dangelo then spit on the top cop's back, according to the arrest report.

When the chief tried to arrest Dangelo, the suspect bit Chitwood, clamping down on the chief's index finger, and would not let go. A struggle ensued and the police chief fell on a parked motorcycle, suffering a deep cut to the right side of the head, police said.

Chitwood, who said he feared he would "lose my finger," punched Dangelo with his left fist trying to get the man to release his bite.

Citizens helped Chitwood restrain Dangelo until other officers could get to the scene to assist. The chief, who is left-handed, suffered a fractured left hand and a broken left finger. He has a cast on his hand after being treated at Halifax Health Medical Center.

Dangelo, who records show came to Daytona Beach several years ago from Michigan, is still in the Volusia County Branch Jail on charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest with violence. He is being held on $10,500 bail, a booking officer said Monday.

At his first appearance at the Volusia County Branch Jail courtroom Sunday, Dangelo blurted out that police abused him.

As Dangelo was led out of the courtroom, he uttered "Semper Fidelis," a Latin term for loyalty adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps. It is unclear why Dangelo said it.

On Monday, the chief said he took the day off to go watch a spring training baseball game.

Asked about Dangelo's claim of abuse, Chitwood said, "This guy is as nuts as they come."

"From my conversation with him I think he believes he is a 'sovereign citizen' and he is not beholden to the laws of the U.S.," Chitwood said.

A sovereign citizen is someone who believes that virtually all government in the United States is illegitimate. In some cases, the sovereign citizen movement has been blamed in acts of extremism and violence.

<p>DAYTONA BEACH &mdash; The man accused of spitting on and biting Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood on Main Street has been arrested multiple times by his officers, court records show. </p><p>Michael Dangelo, 43, lives on the beachside in Daytona Beach and attacked Chitwood on Saturday, police said. </p><p>Daytona Beach police officers have arrested Dangelo on multiple occasions since 2008 on charges of domestic battery, felony battery, disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana and have given him a notice to appear in court for trespassing, court records show. </p><p>Dangelo spent 79 days in jail after pleading no contest to domestic battery in September 2012. He also spent 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in September of 2011. All his offenses occurred along Atlantic, Oleander, Halifax avenues and Main Street. </p><p>Reports on the domestic battery, felony battery and disorderly conduct were not made available Monday. </p><p>On Saturday, the Bike Week event's second weekend, Chitwood was walking on Main Street near South Hollywood Avenue when Dangelo asked the chief if he could talk to him. Chitwood, on duty and wearing a shirt identifying him as an officer, stopped. But when Dangelo said that he had the constitutional right to kill cops he thought were bad, the chief walked away, a Daytona Beach police charging affidavit states. </p><p>Dangelo then spit on the top cop's back, according to the arrest report. </p><p>When the chief tried to arrest Dangelo, the suspect bit Chitwood, clamping down on the chief's index finger, and would not let go. A struggle ensued and the police chief fell on a parked motorcycle, suffering a deep cut to the right side of the head, police said. </p><p>Chitwood, who said he feared he would "lose my finger," punched Dangelo with his left fist trying to get the man to release his bite. </p><p>Citizens helped Chitwood restrain Dangelo until other officers could get to the scene to assist. The chief, who is left-handed, suffered a fractured left hand and a broken left finger. He has a cast on his hand after being treated at Halifax Health Medical Center. </p><p>Dangelo, who records show came to Daytona Beach several years ago from Michigan, is still in the Volusia County Branch Jail on charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest with violence. He is being held on $10,500 bail, a booking officer said Monday. </p><p>At his first appearance at the Volusia County Branch Jail courtroom Sunday, Dangelo blurted out that police abused him. </p><p>"Police carved a little smiley face on my hand, my teeth are all knocked out, fractured jaw, broke rib," Dangelo said. </p><p>As Dangelo was led out of the courtroom, he uttered "Semper Fidelis," a Latin term for loyalty adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps. It is unclear why Dangelo said it. </p><p>On Monday, the chief said he took the day off to go watch a spring training baseball game. </p><p>Asked about Dangelo's claim of abuse, Chitwood said, "This guy is as nuts as they come." </p><p>"From my conversation with him I think he believes he is a 'sovereign citizen' and he is not beholden to the laws of the U.S.," Chitwood said. </p><p>A sovereign citizen is someone who believes that virtually all government in the United States is illegitimate. In some cases, the sovereign citizen movement has been blamed in acts of extremism and violence.</p>